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[Q] HALO

there is an app called HALO. I have a Galaxy S4 and it doesnt work on my phone ... someone told me something about a rom for the GS4 and told me to check in this forum can someone plz help me?

yeroslav said:
there is an app called HALO. I have a Galaxy S4 and it doesnt work on my phone ... someone told me something about a rom for the GS4 and told me to check in this forum can someone plz help me?
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Hi Yeroslav,
Seems like you're new to custom romming and rooting. There are roms here in the development forums with "HALO" in their topic header. These are the roms that you may want.
Rooting and romming has it's risks (soft bricking/ hard bricking etc.) and puts you at risk of various problems unless you know how to solve them when they arise ( bootloop. network errors) , so maybe you want to google it before you begin anything. (We're all doing it, so it's low risk, unless you do something majorly wrong like flashing a rom for a different phone model)
Also, when referring to forums here, you first need to check your GS4 model if it's I9505 or I9500, commonly found when you first boot your phone. Once you've obtained the model number do look in the relevant forums (Android development/original android development) for rooting and custom romming methods. (As mentioned before, flashing roms for a different model can result in bricking, so do check your GS4 model before you start anything).
I'll keep this instructions brief (Just google what you don't know).
1. Get root by flashing rooted (stock?) roms through odin.
2. Get a custom recovery by flashing Clockworkmod(CWM) or Team Win Recovery Project(TWRP).
3. Find out how to use CWM/TWRP
*Check the forums and use the search feature to get your way around. Any kind XDA member would continue elaborating on my brief instructions, do go ahead.
Happy flashing!
Cheers.

Please help me downgrade my S4 (currently on 4.3)

I bought a Metro PCS galaxy s4 that has the T-Mobile 4.3 rom flashed to it. I'd like to downgrade to either an earlier Tmobile rom. Phone is currently not rooted. I do not care about the warranty flag. Any advice you can provide with regards to the downgrade, would be much appreciated. I've used ODIN before, but I found out that ODIN doesn't work with 4.3. Please help.

U cant come back to 4.2.2

I'm reading that I should be able to. Folks are referencing rooting and flashing the South Africa region specific 4.2.2 rom and from there i should be able to flash any rom I want. Is that not the case with my version??
Please reference below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2529573

I guess you're stuck with trying it & see what happens. Generally speaking, Joku is right, but, if someone claims it can be done using the method in that thread, then it might be possible. If you're looking for a definite answer, ask the person who suggested the workaround in that thread whether it actually worked for them or not.

[Q] rooted NC5 downgrade to aosp?

Hi everyone,
I have a question... I took the NC5 OTA update not knowing it would lock up the device, in fact the first time I turned it on it was the only option to upgrade or delay it. So I've completed gogolies OTA downgrade to rooted upgrade (NC5) and it worked! every happy about that. However I really want something pure AOSP. Can I downgrade again to an older version in order to load something like AKOP or Cyanogenmod? I looked around for 4.4.2 roms and was unable to find anything pure... when I say pure I mean the AOSP images, icons, software nothing designed by Samsung.
Thank you,
Ck

Why do you need to downgrade? You can just flash any custom rom you want.
There are a lot of AOSP roms. You can find them in the Original Development section.

Thank you for the reply however I've tried to install AOKP and CM10 both on slot one and both failed (booted to black screens) and I don't see any I545 roms on this site. Could you point me in the correct direction? I'm currently running rooted 4.4.2 NC5 on i545
Thank you again,
Ck

theWebDeveloper said:
Thank you for the reply however I've tried to install AOKP and CM10 both on slot one and both failed (booted to black screens) and I don't see any I545 roms on this site. Could you point me in the correct direction? I'm currently running rooted 4.4.2 NC5 on i545
Thank you again,
Ck
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Hi,
Please check for your specific device forum .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-verizon
If you flashed a ROM from the threads on this forum it's very likely it didn't work because the international S4 is different from Verizon one .
~Lord

Newbie here, questions about "slots", flashing, and builds.

Hello all,
My first post and my first galaxy s5! I just got my s5 (unlocked, used) and am already tired of all the verizon stuff that I can't or don't want to use. I looked into rooting it and it seems like I will be able to. But now I started looking into adding a new rom and am very confused. (So confused I don't know where to start) In the forums here I have read some cool stuff but also they use a lot of abbreviations for programs and such that I am not familiar with. Anyway, I have read references to "Slots", what are those and how do I make them? It seems like it would be useful and maybe help me not brick my phone.
How can I tell which roms I can flash (correct term?) to my phone? If I have an older build, can I add a newer build and do I want to? (I've read that the latest builds make the phone non rootable)
I know, a lot of questions. Please point me in the right direction.
Below is my phone info:
Samsung SM-G900V
Android 5.0
Baseband version G900VVRU1B0C4
Kernal 3.4.0
Build # LRX21T.G900VVRU1B0C4
Hardware version G900V.05
Anything else?
All your help is greatly appreciated.

Don't update the phone! As long as you are below oe1 (you are) you can still downgrade and root. Then install safestrap (where the slots come in) but most people use the stock slot. You can flash roms on that slot. Check the catchall thread for specifics.

Ok,
I will try to root it. then get back to you guys.
Thanks

Ok,
So after an interesting and sometimes frustrating night of downloading and flashing, my phone is rooted and now is android 4.4.2 with a build of KOT49H.G900VVRU1ANCG. I guess the next step is finding and installing safestrap? (Final goal would be to flash a non verizon rom with no bloatware and all the desired functions of my phone available.)
Thanks.

There's a safestrap thread in android development section. There was a revised build that was uploaded that you should use

Thank you, I will look it up.
I have since uploaded rooted 5.0 using this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...w-to-update-to-g900voe1-5-0-keeproot-t3149784 .
Now, safestrap and custom rom. Thanks all!

Hi all,
I am now on 15-4 and moving to 15-5. I was wondering, is there a "visual voicemail" type app that would work for a non verizon account?

Need help installing Stock ROM on Samsung s4

Hello,
I have a samsung galaxy s4, i337 locked by ATT. My current android version is 5.0.1 and my baseband version is I337UCUGOC4. Can you please give me detailed steps or link on how I can install stock android by google the latest version 5.0.1 or later. This is my first try and I have read alot of threads but I am getting confused so wanted some clarification may be with screenshots would be great.
Any help appreciated.
Thanks

kaleend101 said:
Hello,
I have a samsung galaxy s4, i337 locked by ATT. My current android version is 5.0.1 and my baseband version is I337UCUGOC4. Can you please give me detailed steps or link on how I can install stock android by google the latest version 5.0.1 or later. This is my first try and I have read alot of threads but I am getting confused so wanted some clarification may be with screenshots would be great.
Any help appreciated.
Thanks
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To clarify: Stock means unchanged ROMs, you in fact are now on the latest stock ROM for your device and carrier (AT&T and TouchWiz).
Since AT&T locked the device bootloaders, it's impossible to flash Google ROMs on it (that version needs a different kernel and that's where the bootloader comes into play).

Thanks for the clarification. I prob. misspoke in that case. I wanted to install custom ROM but one which is out of the box given by google without all the samsung apps and stuff. Prob similar to what is on Nexus at this point.
Thanks